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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
Bb
About this Hymn
William Pierson Merrill wrote the hymn on a steamer in Lake Michigan on his return to Chicago, where he was serving as pastor of Sixth Presbyterian Church. He had been meditating and reflecting on an article by Gerald Stanley Lee titled "The Church of the Strong Men," and this immediately prompted him to write the text of the hymn for the Brotherhood Movement, the words coming to him "almost without conscious thought or effort." – Edward Darling & Donald Davison
Lyrics
Verse 1
Rise up, O men of God! Have done with lesser things. Give heart and mind and soul and strength to serve the King of kings.
Verse 2
Rise up, O men of God! The kingdom tarries long. Bring in the day of brotherhood and end the night of wrong.
Verse 3
Lift high the cross of Christ! Tread where his feet have trod. As brothers of the Son of Man, rise up, O men of God!
Rise up, O men of God! Have done with lesser things. Give heart and mind and soul and strength to serve the King of kings.
Verse 2
Rise up, O men of God! The kingdom tarries long. Bring in the day of brotherhood and end the night of wrong.
Verse 3
Lift high the cross of Christ! Tread where his feet have trod. As brothers of the Son of Man, rise up, O men of God!
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: William P. Merrill, 1911
Music: William H. Walter, 1872
Music: William H. Walter, 1872